Hyundai oil pump defect class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: John Franz filed a class action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor America.
- Why: Franz claims Hyundai sold certain vehicles containing defective oil pumps that pose a “massive fire risk.”
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Hyundai Motor America sold certain vehicles containing malfunctioning oil pumps that pose a “massive fire risk,” a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff John Franz claims Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia issued a recall last month over the alleged oil pump defect that included more than 90,000 vehicles produced by either of the two automakers.
Franz argues the oil pumps in the recalled Hyundai and Kia vehicles contain a controller that can short-circuit and overheat, causing the oil to likely “overheat and combust.”
“Due to the design defect, the Class Vehicles’ oil pump tends to malfunction and overheat while surrounded by combustible oil. This is a massive fire risk,” the Hyundai class action states.
The class vehicles are model year 2023-2024 Hyundai Palisade, 2023 Hyundai Tucson, 2023 Hyundai Sonata, 2023 Hyundai Elantra and 2023 Hyundai Kona vehicles, according to the class action.
Franz wants to represent a nationwide class and South Carolina subclass of consumers who purchased or leased any of the class vehicles.
Hyundai concealed, failed to disclose oil pump defect, class action says
Franz argues Hyundai concealed and failed to disclose to its customers that the class vehicles allegedly contained a defective oil pump.
“(Hyundai) knew that the Class Vehicles suffered from an inherently defective oil-circulation system, were defectively designed and/or manufactured, and were not suitable for their intended use,” the Hyundai class action states.
Franz claims Hyundai is guilty of negligence, unjust enrichment, fraud by omission or fraudulent concealment, negligent design defect, breach of implied warranty of merchantability and breach of express warranty, and of violating the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
The plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with an award of actual, general, special, incidental, statutory and consequential damages for himself and all class members.
A separate class action lawsuit was filed against Hyundai in April 2022 over claims a number of Hyundai and Kia vehicles are equipped with defective engines that use an excessive amount of oil, stall and fail in time.
Have you purchased a Hyundai vehicle equipped with a defective oil pump? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by Eric M. Poulin, Blake G. Abbott and Paul J. Doolittle of Poulin Willey Anastopoulo LLC.
The Hyundai oil pump defect class action lawsuit is Franz v. Hyundai Motor America, Case No. 2:23-cv-07218, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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I purchased a 2017 Hyundai Sonata Sport in 2017. With just 87k miles the cheeck engine light came on. The dealership in Bloomfield NJ ran a diagnostic test and came up with a knock senor and a MAP sensor issue. Both of these sensors cost less than two hundred dollors and I have repair insurance from Olive. The dealership demaned $460 for diagostics, $539 to install the sensors and $389 to wash the air intake body which I must pay for. I have a deductible for $250.According to an independent professional mechanic this is not the case and the drive train warranty does not cover these costs… only moving parts in the engine and transmission.
The knock sensor indicates a bigger problem within the engine and not the sensor itself. It is telling me that something is wrong deep within the engine. I have to add oil every week and it turns black very quickly. There is no oil level sensor, so there is an inherent risk in buying this vehicle. No one should in their right mindset should ever risk buying any hyundai vehicle. Go for Honda instead… the real deal! Moreover, the intake manifold is made of plastic… what a joke!
I have a Hyundai sonata about year of having it engine light came on
I have a 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT and it consumes so much oil! I have to put at least a quart in it everyday. It only has 112,000 miles on it.
I own 2016 Hyundai Sonata. I’m the 2nd owner. I just hit about 54,000 miles and it’s been burning oil somewhere. Oil gets really black . I have to keep putting oil in weekly. Also fixed A/c twice and it’s not working again. I still have a loan .what are my rights.
Hi we have a 2016 Hyundai sonata SE and has been burning oil since around 50k miles we are now at 87k it’s under warranty and still making payments but dealer lied to us at first about where the oil was going3((jj+ cause we got an oil change and the next week it was empty no oil on the dip stick many others have the same issue i have ro replace my spark plugs that get covered in oil every 1 to 2 months due to misfiring. its# ridiculousness .
I purchased a 2018 hyundai sonata hybrid used in less than 6 months the engine stalled and died. Which resulted in a total loss far less than purchase price.
2017 Hyundai Elantra engine seized no oil in car after getting oil changed 60 days ago. No warning of low oil. Check engine light came on and my car died immediately